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letter suldremed by Mr. Banta to his commercial friend in Cape town, dated 2d March; 1824 let which he expresses his hope that remittemase from ,England, or his sales of green forage, will enable, him to, discharge Mr. Hart's demand for 900 rix-dollars, "as welt as hia,rent, due the end of May." With this evidenee before them, it cannot be matter of minim that the Commis sioners of the Court of Circuit should have held that the native of the ejectment was legally given ; that the lease was cancelled for the. nomparnent ,of rent, and that Mv, Hart was entitled to be put into itamediete possession, Mr. Burnett bag also compleined'of the conduct of the segues trator, both in publishing his insolvency, and in suspending the proceedings after it had been declared ; and 'he has imputed the last of these side. hatenne sinister, influence of a person whom be does not, name. From the best view we have been able to take of the order of stispenlion that was issued by the sequetstrator, we are led to believe that it arose out of his mistake of the inten tions of Messre. Deka and-Eaton with regard to Mr. Burnett, and his imperfect knowledge of the language in which the? were conveyed, and further from not having given clear instructions to his agents at Graham's-town. It is attributable also to certain defects in the ssoneritutiun or the sequestrator's offsets, and the mode in which. the business of it was conducted. It remains for us to consider the vehement accusations that ME. Burnett has brought forward against the Commissioners of the Court of Circuit, in the year 1823. We have already had occa sion to notice the arrangement that was made by these gentlemen reipecting the priority in which the several causes should be taken, and the reduction that was proposed in the number of them, stud acquieeced in by the parties. They gave precedence to the action that had been postponed at the circuit of the former year, both on account of its importance to the parties themselves, as well as of that whiC.,h it derived. frons having been made the subject of special reference to them by the Court of Justice, before whom it bed been brought iu the month of May' precoling. Mr. Burnett alleges that it was the duty of the Commissioners to have decided at osice upon the question of his insolvency. This point was certaioly sit issue in the year 1822, when the action of ejectment was brought by Mr. Hart, and when time wee given to Mr. Burnett to disprove it; but during the iuterval that hail elapsed between the circuit of 1822 and 1823, more than two years' rent lied become due ; Mr. Hurt was allowed. to add this claim to his former grounds of action ; the Court was of opinion that the. payment of rent was annual and not triennial, and the action'and sentence of ejectment were mainteined upon this ground, although em declaration to that effect appears in the sentence. We should not, indeed, have ventured to assert the grounds of this de rision, if we bad nut been able to collect them from a subsequent explanation affisrded us by one of the Commissioners, who has de flared that it was the opinion of the Court of Circuit that the question of insolvency could not fairly be tried sinless the sequese trator was made a party. By a colonial law of rather recent date; this officer combines the executive duties that in England are performed by the Sheriff, with those of Conservator and Judge of bankrupt and insolvent estates. An indefinite kind of appeal is allowed against his decisions to the Court of Justice, where they do not appear to receive the prompt consideration which the uses tore of such ret4ences require. In this case, however, instead of addressing himself to time Court of Justice against the declaration of insolvency of which he so much complained,' Mr. Burnett trans rnitted a memorial to the Governor, by whom it was referred to the Landthseil and agent of the sequestrator in the Albany district, as well ,as the sequestrator himself, for explanation. The Court of Justice, therefore, was never in possession of the question of insolvepcy until the action above-mentioned had been referred to their coguitance by the Commission of Circuit. It is nemesia) , to, observe, that as no profesaional assistance is to be obtained in the several districts of the colony, the proceed lags of the Court of Circuit are not conducted with the regularity that is desirable, and that parties frequently suffer from their igno rance of the forms which, however, are in themselves exceedingly, simple end intelligible. On the present occasion the parties con ducted their own causes, and Mr. Burnett delivered a written, defence, in the course of which he indulged in a strain of virulent, abuse of Mr. Hart, which the Court- found it difficult to cheek. The interrogation of the witnesses appears to' have been irregular ; and although every. opportunity seems to have. been given by the. Commissioners of Circuit for the investigation of the grounds of . action, and of defence, a studious silence and reserve of their opi nion is, however, observable upon the question of insolvency, which was undoubtedly mixed up with others, notwithstanding the references that they subsequently mule of it to the full Court, • Appeals were .wmtered by Mr: Burnett to the Court of the Govem nor, against all the 'decisions, at the same time that the, agent of the sequestrator was instructed brthe Ptitident of the Court It Justice, stud after vonmunication with the Court of itppsals„ proceed to the'eXeCtititott of time semosmee of ejectment, and the sale of Mr. Bishop Burnett's property, in satisfaction of the other sentences that had been obtained against him, and which had been long delayed. It was timid that the personal property had been much dimi nished, and certain articles of merchandise that had been sent by Mr. Burnett to Cape Town for sale, were arrested by the segues• trator in the hinds of the consignee, and the proceeds were added to the estate for the benefit of the creditors. From the account that hail been rendered by the sequestrator, it appears that the assets, after the deduction pf the costa end duties payable to Government, amount to 4,431 i rix-dollarr ; and that after the payments of the preferent debts, there will be a deficiency of 7,061 rix-dollars. We have already had the honour to state, that the decision upon the action brought by Mr. Burnett past the sequestrator and Mr. Hart, for conspiring unlawfully to eject him from the farm, was referred by the Commissioners of Circuit, in the year 1823, to the consideration of the full Court. The tenor of a very recant communication from the President and members, does not enable nuts state' in direct terms the nature of their decision ; but from the evidence that has been submitted to them, and that is to he found' in the proceedings; we have no reason to doubt that the charge. of conspiracy either will be, or has been, dismissed. The investigation that was Mitered into the charge against Mr. Bur nett, of fraud against his creditors, was returned to the Court of Justice some time ago, but the consideration of it has been ordered to he postpened until the liquidation of the estate by the sequestra tor has been effected. . We think that this eyetem of perpetual reference and delay is much to be regretted, although the decision of the queshon of fraud will nest materially affect the scheme of distribution of the proceeds of the estate that has been submitted by the sequestrator to the creditors, and is now waiting the result of another tedious reference to the Court of Justice. With reference to the pecussiary resources that Mr. Burnett might have possessed, or to his ultimate hope of being able to ex, tricot, himself from aribarreesrnesit, we think it is clear that his sole dependence, either for the means of reimbursing the aliveness* that had been made, or for payment of the debts that he had in curred, was this annual produce of his term. To the failure of the harirest in 1820 he imputes his incapacity to discharge the debt of Mr. Hart, and hie disappointment in the amount of the produee that he had estimated at 7,000 rix-dollars. He specu lated at the mane time on the purchase of Mr. Hare, farm when he had no oimins of effecting it, end was making preparations for establishing a distillery of spirits from the fruit trees which he had planted, without any reaionable assurance of becoming the Were owner of the land upon which they grew. Respecting the question of insolvency, which Mr. Burnett has always made it prominent ono (and there can he little doubt that the ftehlteetien of it, as well as the notoriety of the action brought against him by Mr. Hatt, had a fatal influence upon his credit in the district.), we, are unable tat discover the grounds upon which it. l could he impeached or set aside. The speculative value of his own grant.or the contingent interest that he claimed in Mr. Hart's farm, could not be taken into ealculidion by the, sequestrator as affording a satisfactory incense( tulitcning the pressing claims of creditors. If the farm had been given sip icy Harnett when poseeseion wax demanded in the: year ItsU, ins crtglitora woad have bad the be nefit o f t h e improvements that Imedbeini made Nam it, but he per sisted in holding it until the. end of the year 1623, when their Value had been entirely deetreyml, sea i „„„ h of what had been constructed In wood had been removed by hinuself.. From the impreosion that, we have received from the evidence an d etatameOse laid before us, we. have hooted to consider that ' the injury anti l e o of whirl' he eouthleittst were imputable to hit too aanguine reliance upon !sources of credit that t proved n to be pre, calicoes, .M the bad calculations he, had made u the produ ct of agricultural labour in the district in which lie settled, and to a g 't. waVbeofjuedeicßialnl.m:oucticednilitiguestrisif:wllinb her efottintitiirlaeinilenhirtravyeelnsteti:eiya furnished us with groun ds for p r 1 17° sjlin s t r ation, and although the several branches a the J'l4-esa.l P illini uof uncertainty we find that they arenorkett with the sam e and delay, that we h ad occaeion to observe in other esses,that htve C are not prepared to say, tnat under been brooght hefore a more perfect a..m.thstrat.ou on the noun. hand we are ; i ; ce, YP i t of the laws, result to Mr. Bur nett would have been different ; tubule firmly convinced that the proceedings furnish no grounds .t . wl , i ) a r te_v r er . fot the chargea that he lots made of i0.1"4", partiality, ruption. 161 r. 11 "rtiett aims endeavoured to, connect .with,w hnt thesei the' refusal Of ient-Criltinel Somerect to alit eate of tlw receipt of a certain - quantity of gratis that he alleged to have hero Cut from his estate for the use of the Cape cavalry ; we do not find that this eircumetanee has any direct connection with the iateial Ptoceedlulile fors although we observe that Mr. But- nett has alleged to your Lordship that be mentioned his claim upon the Cornmissariat-departmant for payment of this grass to the Landdrost and agent of the sequestrator, as a means 'of dis charging his debt to Mr. Hart, and that'he protested Against the Landdrost's refusal to receive it, yet we find that this assertion is positively contradicted by the Landdrost ; and we think it extra ordinary, that when lib•. 13urnett was required to declare upon oath what proi,erty be possessed that was applicable to the pay ment of the debts that were judicially demanded, he ahould not at the same time have made an exception of this claim upon the Commissariat-department, which, if admitted and certified to he just, would have enabled him to relieve himself in sonic degree from his embiulassments. • Mr. Burnett has contended that the foraging parties of the Cape cavalry cut from his estate, at different times, quantities of grass, amounting in value to the sum of 1,280,rix-dollars ; and that although he has frequently applied to the proper authorities, he hes never been able to obtain an authentic receipt or certificate, by which alone he could obtain payment from the Commissariat Department. In the year 1821, ha brought an action for the purpose of compelling the officer, then in commend of the cavalry, to deliver to him a certificate for 256 loads of grass. Ppon pre vious 'application, the officer declared, that although he found that grass had been taken from Mr. Burnett's land, contrary to . his strict injunctions, • yet, after the strictest inquiry, he could only find that '44 loads had been taken, and for these Mr. Burnett received the sum of 220 rix-dollars in payment. It appears this grass had been. taken at a period in which the land-marks of his grant had not been fixed, and the foraging parties had not observed the boundaries that divided it from a tract of Government land, to which they were accustomed to resort for grass. The Court not deeming the officer responsible for any quantity that had been taken subsequent to the period of his Corn.;. maul, relieved him from the claim, but reserved to the plaintiff, Burnett, the right of instituting bisection against such other per suns as in law were liable. - Mr. Burnett then made application to Lieutenant-Colonel Somerset for a certificate of the quantity of grass that had been taken during his command. It is admitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Somerset that he gave a promise to Mr. Burnett that he should obtain a receipt for such quantity of grass 'as appeared by the regimental hooks to have been received. On Lieutenant-Colonel Sometimes departure, this inquiry was left to the care of the officer who "succeeded him, and who, when called upon, excused himself .froM responsibility for any quantity of grass that was cut after he ceased to be in command. Mr, Burnett was thus left to his remedy against Lieutenant-Colonel SoMerset, to whom he more than once made applieation, both personally and through another person, who overtook him on • his road from Graham's timin to Uitenhage. We observe that Colonel Somerset has not alluded to this interview, nor has he pointedly contradicted the assertion that he promised to giVe the cer tificate. •We think it most probable, that any promise that he did give was conditional ; but on the other hand, it is much to be regretted that a claim or 'this nature had not been imme diately brought to a decision by some more formal and satisfac tory mode of investigation than that which he had assigned to it. The complaint was preferred to the acting Governor, Sir Ruftme ,Donkin, who declined to interfere in it, or order payment of any military account without a proper certifiate ; and it was pre ferred, at a later period, to his Excellency Lord Charles Somer set, who, in an interview' that is' correctly described by Mr. Burnett, promised to use his best exertions in his behalf. The result of this interview was a proposal to submit the investigation of the claim to a regimental hoard of officers, which rlr. Burnett declined, and the question remains still subject to dispute: The discussion of it has given occasion to Mr. Burnett to notice in strong terms the mode in which the green forage was supplied to the Cape cavalry, and the unjust and partial exclusion of hiinself and others from a share , in the supply. (To be continued.) FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile of Tuesday.) CONTINUATION OF THE MA AN DISSOLVING THE CORES OF THE JANISSARIES. In consequence of this decision, notice was given to the Janissaries, that every individual who should oppose the execution of this measure, unanimously adopted, whether by acting or speaking against it, idniuld be punished with all the rigour of the laws. The' enrolments were begun, soma and uniforms were dititributed, and order was given last week to begin the new exercises: All these prepartt• tiOna were at the expence of the Treasury. - But, without regard for the commands of religion, or the orders, of the law, the Janissaries mutinied dosing the night of Thhrs day last, attacked the palace of their Aga, and even the Sublime Porte, the palace of the Grand Vilier, and se veral others; and, after having plundered these residences, they cut in pieces with a knife a holy book (the Koran), wherever they found it, and committed a thousand ' ex cesses, crying, " We will not have any exercise." The Janissaries, therefore, having respected neither the Divine Law, nor its organ, nor the Sublime Porte, nor the Ulemas—having dared, with sacrilegious hands, .to turn against the most exalted power the arms which had been delivered to them by the Law of the Prophet,-and having thereby shown that they have neither faith nor re ligion, have become the object of general execration. Immediately the respectable Muftis, retired or in office, the noble Kadileskeers (Supreme Ju dges in Europe and Asia), the august Grand Vizier, the learned Ulemas, whose number may the Almighty increase 'to the day of the resurrection, the dicers on duty, and all the , other Mussehuen, hastened to the Imperial Palace, brought thi ther the Standard of the Prophet, to which salutation and prayer may be addressed, and then went to the mosque of the Sultan Achrnet. Thence they sent criers into all parts of the city, to invite all good Musielmen to come and place themselves under the standard of Mahomet. Though the number of the faithful, who immediately, and with zeal, obeyed this summons, was universal, the seditious persisted in their detestable design, and occupied the place of assembly, which was become the theatre of their iniquities, the only object of which was to effect the total ruin of the Ottoman Empire, to make the state fall into the talons of the enemies of the Faith, 'and to tread all good Mussehnen under foot. Under such circumstances, the law commands blood to be shed without mercy. An armed force was therefore sent against them, their barracks were burnt, and the Omnipotent God punished them for their crime, by bend ing their heads under the sword of the law. • As it .was positively known, that seditious and ill dil: posed individuals, and other corporations had secretly ex cited and supported the revolt of the Janissaries, prepara dons were made to make them undergo the same fate.— All these events have produced a conviction, that the in. stitution of the Janissaries, the original principles 01 which were bravery and obedience, had, in process o time, assumed a very different, character, and was now founded on perversity and insubordination, so that the title of Janissary, the name Yoldaset (comrade), and the badges of this corps, had become the shield of all those worthless individuals who wished to domineer over honest men. It has happened, that among those who have have been been ar. rested and executed on this occasion, wretches discovered, who had marked on one arm the, Sign of the 75 Orta, and the Cross of the Christians, a certain proof that men of all sects bad enlisted among them, and that there were always wretches among them, who, under the Musselnian habit, concealed the character of spies. It has .been observed, that whenever proposals have been made to them to purge their corps, by the expulsion of this ver min, they have always made the greatest resistance, and that it has never been possible to recal t hem to the ob ject of their primitive institittion, so that the men of ho nour among the Ages, and other commanders of their i',,o:rtiete.iisii,orietoii:lnd way longer corttroul them. As it lies been t a nus, as it were, pointed out with the finger, that their impossible, and that there was abso lby d ie n: n rr a i n r n t l i o s ti o s f i xti . :g of tl t T i m e re u s s v efu e l o , bloc Muftis, of is day : 's of the V i b e l mas "adil”keers, of the august Viziers, of the learned covent , m ta t, o n f n i g lll honest men heartily devoted to the good, with; the to the Janissaries,religion, assembled for - the public ultait Acitniet, chin Standard,' *in the Mosque of arum .nd the - name of the:Corporation of statutes. . given another form to their ancient info P r l m lt s is t:s ofA Air,. 1,-- '' :l l ll;i i i ‘- t ol i t t. , ?i t° f r th r e ro r an i s Si a tt a i r a ie n s ic a li t i P S:l 6 o i t i i ii v c e l l l. The Journals of the both sides of the question, full of exaggerated n ew ! The Indicator announces troubles in res inli e l e ct e rt t° emaPlu ° ra rt , u a ga nd i on that Royalist Guerillas shoot the Spanish .officers who attempt to craft Portugal ; the Memorial , says that Don Miguel has been proclaimed at 13raganza and Miranda, None of these accounts are true. in general, there is great reason to diatrust all these letters from the frontiers, which are filled with unauthenticated facts, and we must recollect, that during the Spanish war, they constantly propagated the moat absurd reports, and the most ill- Founded statements. The English General Stubbs, in the Portuguese ser vice, is appointed Governor of Oporto. Since the arrival , of the new Minister of War, the Officers who were erased from the list are again employed. In the War Depart ment, and that of 'Foreign Affairs, an activity prevails which was never before known in Portugal. (From the Conslitationnel.) LISBON, Auu. B.—The brilliant fetes which, fora num.; ber of days, have signalized our recent political regenera tion are now over. It is worthy of remark, that those high solemnities, which have occupied our populace, have been unaccompanied by the slightest disturbance, precisely because the people have been left to themselves, and no appearance of force has been any where displayed. The Austrian Minister, among the diplomatic agents, has appeared most embarrassed under present circum stances ; M. Borel, Baron of Palencia, Charge d'Affaires of Russia, a man of talent, has displayed more tact. Europe must now see the absurdity of the hypothesis with which certain Ministerial French Journals have been lately amusing the public on the subject of the pretended analogy of feeling between Mr. Calming and M. de Metternich ; in fact, constitutional liberty is proclaimed in Portugal, whilst the influence of the Austrian Prime Minister does not cease to display itself at Turin, at Milan, at Rome, and at Naples, .by proscriptions, imprisonments, and pii nishment. The news from the provinces is satisfactory. The petty military tumults which were manifested on our northern frontier, have never given us any serious uneasiness. Tran quillity is springing up in that quarter again, as well as in other parts of the kingdom. The voluntary departure of a few turbulent officers, is even looked on as an interposi tion of Providence; they will carry to a distance their foolish hopes and guilty projects. The Constitutional system is deeply rooted in 'Portugal, and its complete com; solidation will speedily enable it to set at defiance internal storms and foreign intrigues. The Queen has refused to take the oath to the Const tution.—Her Majesty will not even hear of it. (From the Journal des Debats.) PARIS, AUG. 20.—The Minister for Foreign Affairs sent off yesterday evening, a Courier, with despatches for Madrid and Lisbon. LISBON, AUG. ti.—An amnesty has been published in favour of the mutinous non-commissioned officers and sol diers, who have returned, or shall return before the expiry of three days. Those who are taken after that period, in arms, will be shot. Unfortunately, this amnesty can be profit able to those soldiers only, who have surrendered them selves,. for the rest, they are already in Spain; and, though we are sure a great number of them are at heart disposed to profit by the amnesty, we are also sure that they will not be allowed to leave Spain. The new Minister of War, M. de Daun, arrived here yesterday, by a steam-vessel, which plies between Lisbon and Oporto. M. de Daun's conduct in the last named city, of which he was Governor, has made him very po pular. He has been treated with marked distinction, on his arrival in the capital. The superintendanee of ecclesiastical affairs and of jus tice, is entrusted, ad interim, to M. de Sousa Barrudis, until the arrival of the titulary, M. de Millo Breyner, at present Minister Plenipotentiary for Portugal at Paris. A great number of copici of the Constitution have been printed at Oporto, on satin. The enthuSiasin of that city in favour of the Constitution, is beyond description. We am now aware of the cause of the Regency's delay in publishing the Constitution. It appears that the mem bers composing it, as also those of the Ministry, were di vided into two parties, onstol which desired the publica tion, while the other inclined to a postponement, and That it was the Duke de Cadaval who decided the im portant question. They say that this Minister, who is nearly related to the Royal Family, wrote to the Regency, intimating in the name of Don Pedro, that he should hold them res ponsible for the tumults that might arise from the non. execution of his Majesty's commands; and that he should transmit, by the next vessel sailing for Brazil, a report to the Emperor of the occurrences at. Lisbon,. in order that his Majesty~ . might take such measures as he should think proper. It iat generally believed that, without the deci ded conduct of the Duke - de Cadaval, Sir Charles Stuart himself would not have succeeded in the publication of :he Constitution. The English squadron, now in the Tagus, consists of three ships of the line and three brigs, Independent of the marines that belong to them, and which are at their full complement, they have on board 1,300 infantry and two troops of artillery. The Diamond frigate, in which Sir Charles Stuart came over, is also in the river, but is not attached to the squadron: S'lr. BA ItTHOLNIEW'S DAY.—A - Holiday at the Bank, and at both the Stock Exchanges. PRICE OF IRISH S TOCKS, AUG. 21. St. Patrick Insurance Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto Patriotic Ditto — }llbenilan Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland — Neer Brighton Bank Stock Gov, Stock, 334 per cent. s4 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. N ew 03% Gov. Deb. 334 per cent B B% Consols, 3 per cent Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb, 4 per cent. Ballast Office Office Deb. t percent ..-- - _ _. M Arrived. Due. I Dublin IWittertoll ......... ..• 0 • Douaghadee • Guernsey & Jersey n I Lisbon O Gottenburgh ...... . Hamburgh 0 0 Holland , 0 I Arrived. Due. 1 France O Flanders 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Malta O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning SD minute. after S. I Evening ....... 5 minuter after 7, , i' fll+ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1826 17 -I=. • - Dispatches hare been this morning received from Lisbon to the 9th inst. His Excellency Sir CHARLES STUART had embarked on hoard his Majesty's ship Diamond, which ship was getting underweigh at the time the Royalist packet brig sailed. We have not yet received Papers by this opportunity. We received last night the French Papers of Mon day, with the Etoile dated Tuesday morning. The latter contains a continuation of the SULTAN'S firman against the J an i ssar i es , an d promises its con c l us i on i n another numb er . Thi s po rtion of the firman is not less interesting th an t h e first part, which we publi s h e d yesterday. It appears to give a faithful history of the conduct and crimes of the Jimissaries, and a ffords ample proof of the necessity of putting d own so law less a band. The excesses committed by this corPs on the attempt to introduce European discipline int° their ranks, are stated to have .been most outrarn". They attacked the Palace of their Aga, and even of the Sublime Porte, the Palace of the Grand Vizier, and others, and after having plundered these residences, they cut the Koran to pieces with their knives, where- ever a copy could be found, and committed a thousand other excesses, crying " we will have no exercise." The. Etoile states that a letter from Salonichi posi tively asserts the submission of the Janissaries at that place _ s announced tinder the head of Zante, July 8, :rom the Trieste Observer, that on the 29th June, 4,000 Arabs from Alexandria, landed in the Gulph of Calamata, and that on the 4th July, IBRAHIM, who waited their arrival, set out with them to blockade Napoli di Romania. It is added, that the division of the Egyptian fleet which was at Navarin, was about to join that of the CAPSTAN PACHA, consisting of 50 sail. Its first attempt would be on Hydra, where the Greek flotilla was assembled, and where the in habitants of the Islands had taken refuge. Confusion and consternation are said to reign amongst these un- fortunate persons. The intelligence from Portugal in these Papers is of considerable interest. It comes down to the Sth instant, at which time every part of the country was tranquil. The opinion we had formed of the exag gerated nature of the accounts given by the French Papers of the disturbances in the Provinces, is proved to have been perfectly correct. An amnesty has been published in favour of the mutinous non-commis sioned Officers and Soldiers who have returned, or should return in three days. Those who do not, and are subsequently taken in arms, are to. be shot. A general vigour seems to .be infusing itself into all parts of the Portuguese Government, and we have not a doubt, that under the blessings of a liberal Con stitution, Portugal will soon fill a prOminent station amongst European Kingdoms. Her Majesty the QUEEN positively' refuses, it is said, to take the oath to the Charter. If this be so, we trust Her MAJESTY will not be allowed to remain in Portugal, to form a rallying point for the disaffected and the dissatisfied. Extracts from these Papers will be found in a preceding column. FRENcts Fulais.—PA xis, AUG. 21.--Five per Cents, opened at 100£ 55c.; ' • closed at 100£ 65c. ; Three per Cents. opened at 66f. 25c.; Bank Stock, 2,012 f. 50c. ; Rents' de Naples, 72f. 85c. ; Renter d'Espagne, 9f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 45if. ; Haytian Loan, 672 f 50c. ; Exchange on London, one month bills, 25f. 65c. Cours Authentique. The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 16th inst. reached us this morning. It contains an article from the frontiers of Poland, announcing that the EMPEROR NICIIOLAS was to arrive at Moscow - on the 30th ult. It is a curious circumstance that the GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE is not to be present at the Coronation at Moscow, but is to - re►nain with the army in Poland. The following is the article in question : FROM THE FRONTIERS OF POLAND, AUG. 7, His Majesty the Emperor Nicholas, who left St. Pe tersburg on the 28th of last month, was to arrive on the 30th at Moscow. It is said that his Imperial Highness• the Ciesarowitch, Grand Duke Constantine, will_not he present at the Coronation at Moscow, at least we have not yet heard of any preparations for the journey. The continued presence of the Grand Duke in the kingdom of Poland may, indeed, be considered as the more necessary, because his Highness is Commander-in-Chief of the Polish and Lithuanian army, and the ceremony of the Corona tion at Warsaw will take place immediately after that at Moscow. Among the many unauthenticated reports that are in circulation here, is a revival of that of a change in the Ministry immediately after , theteturn of the Emperor to St. Petersburgh. Our politicians,, whose vocation, it is true, originates with themselves, have a list of the new Minis try ready drawn up, in, which important departments are assigned to Lieutenant-General Baron Von Diebitsch and Count Capo D'lstria. It is also said that the Rus sian Government will make an application to that, of Great Britain, desiring it to give tip the Counsellor of State Turgueneco, who is reported to have fled to Eng land. Whether this application will be acceded to is another question, though there are some classes of crimi . nals to which the English laWs would afford no protection. We . have likewise received this morning Frankfort Papers of the 17th inst. They mention that General COUNT BiTINSTORFF, Minister of State to the King of PRUSSIA; and General COUNT ARAKTSCIIRJEFF, Commander,in-Chief of the Military Colonies in ussia, had arrived at Frankfort on the preceding evening. By the same paper we learn, in the following in teresting article from Rome, the discovery of the foundations of an ancient temple at Brescia, in which were found , some bronze statues in a perfect state of preservation, and of fine workmanship : ROME, AUG. 14. The 21st of July was a day of rejoicing for all the anti quaries and literati at Brescia, and highly interesting to the inhabitants of that city. On a neighbouring bill there has stood for time immemorial, a \large marble column; and there was a tradition, that it belonged to a great tem ple of Hercules, which had stood there in remote antiqui ty. For these two years past the magistrates have caused excavations to a great extent to be made on the spot, the result of which confirmed the truth of the tradition. From time to.time important monuments of antient architecture' and Roman inscriptions were brought to light, and every thing indicated a great edifice had stood there. At length the foundations of an immense temple were uncovered, with entrances to several covered passages. These were exa mined, and on the day above mentioned the, workmen found in one of them several niches, walled up. They were opened, and in one .of them was found a colossal Winged Victoria, of bronze, and of admirable workman ship. In another, s i x l arge busts, one of them represent ing Faustina, the consort of Marcus Aurelius, and a highly ornamented breast-plate of a horse. In a third and fourth, a richly gilt statue,, four feet and a half high, of a captive King, and a colossal arm ; all these are likewise of bronze, and of fine workmanship. There are also several inserip tions in the building, one of which mentions the Brixia Romana. The eyes of the King and of the Victoria are of onyx. They are all in perfect preservation;: and, from the situation in which they were found, it is evident that , they were concealed and walled up for security, for both the wings and arms of the Victoria were taken off, and laid at her feet. r r Our City Correspond ent infor ms tls that th e follow ing Extract of a Private Letter f rom Jamaica, dated June s, has been posted up at the No rt h an d S outh American Colfee-house ; but some doubts as to the accuracy of its information are entertained, as the ac. packet, came d ow n to c t h o e u n i t e l t f h r o o n f i J j a uly a mica, by th e last KINGSTON, JAMAICA, JUNG 8. Dear Sir-1 have sent you by the Niagara, via Liver pool, a file of Jamaica Papers. The Britomart brig of war, which arrived a few days ago, from La Vera Cruz, fell in with, during her voyage, his Majesty's ship Tweed, Captain Hunn, from Tampico to the Havannah, having on board 100,000 dollars for the latter place. Captain Hunn informed Captain —.--, of the Brito. mart, tha t the Anglo Mexican - mining 'concern - had completely failed ; about,7oo,ooo/. sterling was ready at , Vera CrUz to be shipped to England to pay the in stallment due, on the Mexican Loan. A request had been made to the Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica station, to send a frigate to take the specie, and to-grant a passage to the Mexican Minister and his family. The Hussar,. Captain Harris, it is said, will, on her return from Barba does, proceed to Vera Crua for the purpose. Other accounts have been received from Vera Cruz-to the 4th of June, at which time the place still remained sickly, and little or no business doing. A convoy from Mexico was expected by the middle of the following month, when it was hoped that trade would revive. Specie was never known so scarce as when the accounts left. Vie Ayacucho arrived yesterday from thP Pacific. She% said to have sailed from Lima on the 19th of May, but we apprehend that there must be some mistake in this date. Advices, received by this vessel, state that the Peru vian Congress bad commenced' its sittings. BOLL VAR was in . Lima at the time of the Ayacucho's departure, but nothing important had occurred. Trade was ui a very stagnant state. His MAJESTY'S ship planche is said to hsi'e nailed for England, from Lima, about the 7th of. May. Since writing the above, we understand that files of Lima Papers have been this morning received at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 13th May, inclusive, from which it appears that BoLI V Aft had called the Deputies together, for the purpose of forming a congress, to regulate the form of Govern ment of the Republic. On their meeting, some of the Deputies refused to take the oath, in the form di rected by the Liberator, whilst others, 52 in number, . addressed him, requesting he would continue to hold the powers of Goverment, with which he had been invested, foranother year. Bo LI VAR had acceded to their wishes, observing, that the welfare of all the South American States was connected so closely, that he would remain the period they requested, for the purpose of fixingthe form of Government on a firm buts ; although he ex pressed his desire and anxiety to return to , his native country, Colombia. His wishes on this subject will be much increased when he hears of the events which have taken place in Valencia, and the de fection of General PAEZ. We received last night Dutch Papers of the 2 c 1 inst. They contain intelligence from B a tavia t° the 14th of April. The war with the Javanese in the upper country was going on favourably, and the rebels were said to be surrounded, as far as the nature of the country would permit ; but it was added, that no fur ther number of troops could be sent against them, until reinforcements, arrive from Europe. The Board of Health at Groningen pu blished on the 17th inst. a long statement respecting the fevers prevalent there, declaring that the reports that have been spread in other places respecting the nature of the diseases are entirely incorrect—that the fevers are the usual description of { bilious fevers, which have often afflicted that and other provinces in former years but that they are not in the slightest degree contagious, nor are more persons seizes than on former occastoos. thelly A an et, . A .ri ce G o e u o n . t this IV. chap. 6. i tay, t l a ' pp it p elarst7ttlialantce of the number and amount of Bank of England Notes be low 51. issued, and actually in circulation in each week, between 10th April and 13th May last, were as follow : Number of Notes Amount in circa of It. issued.' lotion wider 5/. Week ending April 15 De. 22 ..... .... 16,95 0 Do. 29.. Do. May 6 29,050 . . Do. 13 21,3 50 1,5 05,123 No other Notes under the value of 51. were is sued within the above period. A. Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry at " 1 : Cape of Good Hopei upon the complaints addressed to the 'Colonial Government, and to the Earl BATHURST, by Mr. Bishop BURNETT, has been p u lished ; and notwithstanding its iinnierise lengt h ,4"hd , its little interest to general readers, we fee l ourgiv % compelled to insert it in our columns,both on ac c n of the calumnicswhich have been circulated respect ing the treatment of Mr. BURNETT, and of the prOb3l)l' lily that the subject will still be matter of conversation; if not of other proceedings. It appears to Il i h : Mr. BURNETT is one of those factious and o'"'nf• : headed persons who are * constantly finding iinsgio'olf 'grievances, and acting under the influence of oleo to suppoSed wrongs and insults, with high notions thef tis.w. o wn consequence , ability, and knowledge 01 ~0 6t Such a man is a nuisance in private society , a n ",iv m , y , be so, to an insufferable degree, in a distant C c :, - ow where party spirit has its full sway over minds e tracted habits ; and arr o g a n ce a nd ignorance g ° ha . in hand. the We shall only add, th a t th e general ten or t). se. Report is so much against Mr. BURN E TT , that it pears he finds himself compelled to request t hel he° to suspend their judgment on the subject until published a reply to th e s t a t emen ts contained in it. . been II We, in common w i t h our contemporarie' 'di served with what their author i 3 P ieBSed t° t o h f eheads of three Bills for the further consoliagt°.l l a rc a el t ); the Criminal Law. The first relates to the th second to malicious mischiefs, and the thir • t o e remedies against the hundred • iv Con' mischiefs may be perpetrated. We are e ntireu ' . ; th o vinced that the author of these Bills niay, even I. er, earl . y 'stage of the business, "rest from his labours' 1 .,P, 0 1, mit his zealous patriotism in so good, a work ° - 004 in which malicto and finally abandon these bandit) s of his zed' t % r o' destruction which undoubtedly aw aits them , wh en Oe posed for the consideration of the Legislature., , _ kin country havenot forgotten that Mr. PEE!' h k ' s ti ding' this work into his own hands, that he is Pr°,f ee r .,, it l . slowly, i but surely, to purify our Statute Levi tw," oo o f crudities, and; in the end, to leive us in pool,iblei a criminal code that shall - be at once clear and ioteus We and adapted to the spirit and genius of our titties.,,,sol can then hardiyimagme that die country will be r ill $ with the unsolicited labours labours, of this country will ,t ; and, truly, judging from the fruits o f his r ir , we thing . we ahail lose nothing fruit thus too ping an extinguisher upon this new light, 0 1 " f t hat endeavours to rise end and its glories to ad ° hotb brigh,coustcliation of ,blw-makers which se a(iorils heads of hemispheres of our Legislature. 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